Film Screening: Spirits in the Forest - A Depeche Mode Film Directed by Anton Corbijn
Spirits in the Forest - A Depeche Mode Film directed by Anton Corbijn is screening in cinemas worldwide today, November 21 and I’m happy to see cinemas in the UAE are included too.
Depeche Mode is one of my all time favourite bands, and although I’ve not been listening to music in general for a while, I will always make time for Depeche Mode.
Spirits in the Forest is part of a recent interest in ‘event cinema’, one night cinema screening of a recorded entertainment event including concerts, plays and sports.
UAE cinemas have been programming event cinema screenings recently, examples include Shakira in Concert: El Dorado World Tour, Burn the Stage: The Movie, Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2.
I’ve not attended an event cinema till now, and looking forward to seeing this Depeche Mode film tonight (and still hoping I get to see them live one day).
Here’s the list of UAE cinemas showing the film, click on each one to see the location and schedule:
Novo Cinemas (Dubai only)
Reel Cinemas (Dubai only)
Roxy Cinemas (Dubai only)
VOX Cinemas (Abu Dhabi and Dubai only)
Across 2017/2018 Depeche Mode embarked on their Global Spirit Tour, in which they performed to more than 3 million fans at 115 shows across the globe. This new visually-striking film, directed by award-winning filmmaker and longtime artistic collaborator Anton Corbijn, captures the energy and spectacle of the band’s performance from the tour along with a deeper look into how their music and shows have been woven into the fabric of their fans’ lives.
Through the deeply emotional stories of six special Depeche Mode fans, the film shows not only how and why the band’s popularity and relevance has continued to grow over the course of their career, but provides a unique look into music’s incredible power to build communities, enable people to overcome adversity, and create connections across the boundaries of language, location, gender, age, and circumstance.
Artfully shot and expertly edited, Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in the Forest goes beyond the typical concert film, weaving together exhilarating musical performances, filmed at the final shows of the Global Spirit Tour in Berlin’s famed Waldbühne (“Forest Stage”), with intimate documentary footage filmed in fans’ hometowns across the globe.